Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
49,969 
47,712 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
45,331,783 
45,480,358 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
40,472 
81.0 
40,798 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
21,597,393 
47.6 
21,486,025 
summer fallow 
farms 
2,845 
5.7 
3,818 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
35,747 
71.5 
34,715 
acres 
859,868 
1.9 
1,045,673 
acres 
18,812,755 
41.5 
18,169,876 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
7,208 
14.4 
6,632 
1 to 49 acres 
7,385 
14.8 
6,665 
acres 
442,660 
1.0 
409,785 
1 to 9 acres 
2,203 
4.4 
2,071 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,816 
5.6 
2,666 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
1,985 
4.0 
1,709 
acres 
212,929 
0.5 
230,066 
20 to 29 acres 
1,282 
2.6 
1,128 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,987 
10.0 
4,643 
30 to 49 acres 
1,915 
3.8 
1,757 
acres 
229,731 
0.5 
179,719 
50 to 99 acres 
3,417 
6.8 
3,190 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
4,929 
9.9 
4,801 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
7,954 
15.9 
7,980 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
28,076 
56.2 
26,377 
500 to 999 acres 
6,415 
12.8 
6,555 
acres 
22,297,424 
49.2 
22,619,904 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
3,925 
7.9 
4,020 
2,000 acres or more 
1,722 
3.4 
1,504 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
31,803 
63.6 
25,805 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
994,306 
2.2 
964,644 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
2,243 
4.5 
6,045 
acres 
322,093 
0.7 
891,810 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
15,194 
30.4 
13,291 
acres 
2,462,545 
5.4 
2,424,339 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
10,456 
(X) 
12,511 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
854,538 
(X) 
1,396,457 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
10,819 
21.7 
9,625 
acres 
1,053,374 
2.3 
1,238,092 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
23,380 
(X) 
22,114 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
3,869 
7.7 
1,506 
acres 
15,486,999 
(X) 
14,481,258 
acres 
549,303 
1.2 
140,574 
16 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
